Talk:Bog of Allen

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the bog of allen is 90 water and 10 solid —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.99.207 (talk) 21:46, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Size in hectares?

The article doesn't say what the total size of the Bog of Allen is in hectares? (also put in acres) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.140.143.232 (talk) 15:58, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

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Article needs overhaul - no longer harvesting for power stations.

The times of the peat power stations in Ireland came to an end in December 2020. Sentences like Peat is mechanically harvested on a large scale and The area has miles of narrow gauge industrial railways for transporting turf to processing plants and turf powered power plants are outdated.--Wanfried-Dublin (talk) 09:10, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Turf?

Really? I thought the word was peat. Anyways, better link it to something, before readers start thinking the Irish are trying to get energy from dirt... --BjKa (talk) 15:50, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Turf

Just to clarify, no one in Ireland calls it peat, we always call it Turf. 2A00:23C8:9D9F:201:A829:E4AD:1900:DE7A (talk) 21:47, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

That is completely untrue! Both terms are widely used. Turf refers usually to peat cut for burning. Sarah777 (talk) 21:58, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

When I was young and I first heard of 'The Turf Club' I thought that it was to do with saving turf on the bogs of Ireland. I was amazed to hear that it was to do with horse racing - I had no idea that 'turf' meant 'grass and/or earth' in other countries. When I was a teenager we were introduced to the 'peat briquette' which was the first time I heard of peat as distinct from turf. 95.44.220.198 (talk) 21:39, 23 January 2024 (UTC)